Why the constant GP Nerfs? (A question from a level 5 Gangplank)

Onwodori··2 votes·955 views

Hi there, Onwodori here.

Right into it -- Why is Gangplank constantly being nerfed? He's *been nerfed on five different patches or so now, not including 6.4 which looks to nerf him in a *lot of places. Less damage on barrels, less silver serpents from Q, less max holdable barrels, set up time on barrels, longer cooldown on ultimate, less damage over a longer period on his passive, less early game HP ...

He's strong, but you're destroying him with the constant 'take away, give nothing in return' in conjunction with shorter games, giving him less of a chance to scale up into the late game that doesn't really exist.

Knock it off or give him something new, like an AP scaling on his Q or E. That would bring back AP GP in a big way.

Anyways. I'm glad he's no longer an insta ban but he's becoming really hard to consistently do well with. Don't 'Olaf' him.

-Onwodori

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masc dom top1 votes

safe farming ✔ free bonus gold ✔ free sustain ✔ waveclear ✔ safe laning phase ✔ global presence ✔ built in QSS ✔ hard to burst ✔ (item 3053 item 3156) Hyper carry ✔ weakness = mana hungry and somewhat long cooldowns in early game. item 3508 solves these problems.

Onwodori2 votes

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Hyper carry ✔ hard to burst ✔ (Heal + item 3053 item 3156) free bonus gold ✔ safe farming ✔ free sustain ✔ safe laning phase ✔ waveclear ✔ global presence ✔

weakness = mana hungry and somewhat long cooldowns in early game. item 3508 solves these problems.

I suppose that's all true. But some of those are only half check marks now, it feels like. The nerfs are really stacking up.

C'mon Rito. Give me AP GP back and you can nerf his barrels to pieces.

Slamurai Jack1 votes

He's honestly still busted, as someone who plays GP alot. Kinda makes you wonder just how OP he was right after his rework; clearly he was completely broken but no one knew how to play him yet.

WalkingInACircle1 votes

Go watch the TSM vs C9 game yesterday. GP singlehandedly won it.

TL;DW: His ult gives great map pressure and his barrels are extremely powerful in teamfights. He probably shouldn't have both.

Slamurai Jack1 votes

I don't think the barrels are necessarily the problem, although I would argue that their availability might be. The fact that he can hold 5 of them means he can pull off several barrel chain combos per fight, which is a huge deal and leaves him without big windows of vulnerability. Being able to hold so many also means you can just throw out barrel combos just for poke and constantly fishing for a hit on a squishy to start a teamfight. I imagine that's why Riot is nerfing his barrel storage capacity; so that using barrels is more of a commitment and missing barrel combos of having his barrels destroyed leaves him vulnerable for longer.

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